Blog: Combining art and activism to change the narrative of the refugee crisis
Loren O’Dair describes the making of a show that combines art and activism – and challenges you to join them in taking control and re-shaping the public narrati...
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Blog: Trump’s unlikely supporters in Palestine
In the week of Donald Trump’s inauguration, Theatre503 brought together a team of artists to present Top Trumps, a festival of plays, proposals and premonitions...
Blog: Friendship, nostalgia and two lives marked by global events in Years of Sunlight
Director Amelia Sears examines the human cost of global events in Michael McLean’s play Years of Sunlight, exploring themes of class, identitity, addiction, jud...
Blog: What’s going on with men, power, work and politics?
Ahead of their last tour date, Alister Lownie looks at the themes of power and the politically complex commentary on England’s working men tackled in Two Destin...
Review: Force of Trump, Jack Studio Theatre
As you enter the Jack Studio Theatre, he’s there. Bleach blonde wig in place, he dances around on an office chair accompanied by the Flying Lizards’ ‘Money’. Al...
Blog: Pay inequality and political unrest, why Made in Dagenham resonates so acutely
On the way to the Queens Theatre for our first day of tech rehearsals for Made in Dagenham, my eyes are drawn to the leading article on the Guardian homepage: “...